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The Chairman. — In bringing this discussion to a close, I will only say 
that I hope scientific men will go on perseveringly, making every possible 
discovery they can. I recollect Sir James South telling me that M. Laplace 
had said to him, “We have opinions and theories enough ; what we want are 
facts.” I will only add that if this Institute goes on as it has hitherto done, 
it cannot fail to lead to the very best results. 
The meeting was then adjourned till next session. 
NOTE (See pp. 378—383.) 
If above the clouds there is a “ liquid water,” spread out in a “ cloud-like 
form,” and this water lines, as it were, the whole firmament, or composes it ; 
I apprehend it will thus necessarily form a sphere. And I suppose that some 
watery particles must be mixed with the air before the latter could either be- 
come frozen or viscous. So that it does appear to me that Mr. Warington’s 
theory and that of the late Sir John Lubbock have very much in common. — 
J. E. 
